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As the Republican underdogs predicted, the gap is closing between GOP-endorsed gubernatorial candidate Mark Boughton, the mayor of Danbury, and at least two of the Connecticut high-tech entrepreneurs, investors and business executives who have poured millions of their own money into primary election challenges.

Republican Bob Stefanowski of Madison, a former business executive, has appeared in TV ads most of this year.

David Stemerman, who closed his Greenwich hedge fund to run, started buying ads after the May GOP party convention. In recent months, both of their self-funded campaigns have focused attacks on one another while closing the gap on Boughton.

Their TV ad battle combined with candidates running digital Internet testimonials and TV commercials in July appears to have narrowed Boughton's lead, according to recent polls.

“It’s all about your momentum and where you’re going to push,” Stemerman told news reporters after a recent debate. Stemerman echoed an earlier Daily Voice interview by saying he liked "the trajectory of where we are going."

Herbst also has said his own campaign polling numbers are surging.

Boughton’s campaign, meanwhile, thinks the Danbury mayor remains in a good position to win Tuesday's primary.

According to media reports, Matt Joiner, Obsitnik's campaign manager, questioned the July 23rd poll's methodology, wording and sample size -- which he said was too small for a race involving five candidates.